Tech Break (Video)

An FCC application was spotted that shows a Chromecast-like dongle sporting the Google logo coupled with an Android TV remote control with Assistant voice search.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/aaa/364

Hosts: Jason Howell, Florence Ion, and Ron Richards

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Apple says a new Mac Pro is coming in 2019.

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https://twit.tv/mbw/605

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Andy Ihnatko

Guests: Lory Gil and Jim Dalrymple

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Fr. Robert Ballecer teaches a bit of Tinkercad to Megan Morrone and Jason Howell. Includes the "Build Plane" and "Placing Shapes".

Learn more with the full episode at twit.tv/kh/376

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Mark Zuckerberg has been apologizing for his company's actions his whole career.

Watch the full episode here:
https://twit.tv/twit/661

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Brianna Wu, Lisa Schmeiser, and Mark Milian

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Leo Laporte talks about the realistic privacy concerns of talking to Amazon's Alexa.

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https://twit.tv/ttg/1478

Host: Leo Laporte

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John is using XMarks to save his bookmarks and wants to find an alternative because it will soon be discontinued.

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Host: Leo Laporte

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What if you got an alert before an earthquake hits? On The New Screen Savers, Leo Laporte and Iain Thomson talk with Josh Bashioum, the founder of Early Warning Labs about their app QuakeAlert. It can give you up to 30 seconds of warning on your smartphone before you feel the shaking.

For the full episode, go to https://twit.tv/nss/151

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Iain Thomson

Guest: Josh Bashioum

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Let's say that your company is caught over-billing, false-charging and otherwise defrauding millions of its customers. You could apologize and promise to make amends agree to a special 3rd-party investigation to get to the bottom of the fraud... or, if you're CenturyLink, you could just claim that you don't actually HAVE any customers, and therefore it was impossible for you to defraud them.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twiet/285

Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

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Billy Gallagher is the author of How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars: The Snapchat Story. He talks with Jason Howell about Snapchat's war with Facebook.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/tri/341

Host: Jason Howell

Guest: Billy Gallagher

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Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica explains why HTC released a premium upgrade to the HTC Vive, who is geared for, and how far improved resolution goes to creating an immersive virtual environment.

Watch the full episode here:
https://twit.tv/tnw/26

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell

Guest: Sam Machkovech

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